Manrique: Creating Peace Through Dance
By Alex Silverman From Luis Barreto comes a short documentary about violence, art, peace, and rehabilitation. Manrique chronicles the journey of Yoiner Machado, a teacher and professional dancer who has used his dance academy to help the struggling communities of the city of Manrique in Columbia. Manrique is a city struggling with gang violence in its neighborhoods and people losing loved ones frequently due to all-out war. ...
Gregory Foltynowicz’s The Art of Healing Shows the Reality of Grief
By Grace Madover The Art of Healing is a short silent film that aims to effectively depict the stages of grief and healing. The story is about a father grieving the loss of his daughter. The two enjoyed painting together and had a passion for art. Throughout the film, the father attempts to paint again without his daughter. There is a transformation in the father where at first he is hesitant to paint, then he becomes very angry and...
An Immersive Journey Through the Life of One of the Most Revered Trees in the World
By Rishi Mulloth One of the greatest innovations of humankind was the creation of record keeping, and with it came a record of history for future generations to learn from. But what if civilization could see human history through the lens of something that lived through it, like a tree. The immersive and spectacular short film, The Atomic Tree, tries to do just that. It tells the story of the 400 year old bonsai tree that...
Exposure: A Hard Look at the Nursing Frontlines During COVID-19
By Alex Silverman In this short film by Claire Imler, we follow Deanna Okajima, a nurse from Sharp Memorial Hospital in California and her job combating Covid-19. The film shows us Deanna’s everyday duties at the hospital where she works, which become far more challenging during the pandemic. We learn about the procedures she and her fellow nurses must follow from simple tasks to critical life-saving situations. They do their jobs...
It’s Not Fair! is a Short Talk about Fairness in Society Given by an Impassioned Young Girl
By Rishi Mulloth Being fair is something taught to children at a young age, but as a child gets older, the society they live in doesn’t always match up to those same ideals. When it comes to fairness, the world can be a very unfair place. The new generation doesn’t want to continue living in a world that doesn’t match their morals. In It’s Not Fair!, a student named Natasha at the Mzuzu International Academy in Malawi delivers a...
Barrio de Paz Is an Inspirational Story about a Peace Worker in Ecuador
By Rishi Mulloth Gang culture can often be misunderstood by people outside of the community, and this can lead to some harsh and untrue stereotypes. As a result, these communities remain unhelped or forgotten. Barrio de Paz explores one community in Guayaquil, Ecuador, a country facing extreme economic hardship. The documentary follows Nelsa Libertard Curbelo, a peace worker who created SER PAZ (Being Peace) in 1999 to help local gang...
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